Rational ClearQuest

Enhance software quality

• Tracks and unifies development and testing activities to help ensure software quality.
• Helps eliminate software errors with a change and defect tracking system. You can reduce manual processing mistakes and miscommunications that increase the risk of errors.
• Enables you to increase the frequency of software testing so errors can be detected earlier when they are easier to fix.

Customize and automate workflows

• Speed implementations with out-of-the-box workflows that you can customize to meet your organization’s needs.
• Control and enforce development processes—from requirements definition through production—and improve team productivity.
• Manage tasks and schedules more effectively with automated workflows. Email notifications help ensure team members are alerted when action is required.
• Use the ALM template as a solid foundation for ALM best practices.

Simplify compliance management

• Access compliance management tools, such as electronic signatures, audit trails and repeatable processes, to help simplify compliance management.
• Easily track the origin and details of project changes and defects through final resolution. Closed-loop change management delivers better project control.
• Verify identities and ensure changes are made only by authorized individuals.
• Help ensure security with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) for user authentication and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption for secure communications.

Gain visibility into projects

• Real-time reporting and metrics improve project management and decision making. The ability to manage and run reports from a web browser delivers data when you need it.
• Comprehensive support for querying, charting and reporting allows you to drill down into the data you need.
• The flexible reporting component allows you to access and visualize complex data with a variety of reporting engines such as Crystal Reports, SAP, and Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT).

Leverage enhanced integrations

• Supports Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) for ALM traceability with IBM Rational DOORS®, IBM Rational Requirements Composer, IBM Rational Quality Manager, IBM Rational Team Concert™, IBM Rational Change and Bugzilla.
• Integrates with IBM Rational ClearCase® for software configuration management, IBM Rational RequisitePro® for requirements management, IBM Rational Asset Manager, and IBM Rational Build Forge® for software assembly and build management.
• Integrates with the IBM Jazz™ platform to offer integrated dashboards that include Rational ClearQuest data visualization.